Francis Bacon Quotes
Like strawberry wives, that laid two or three great strawberries at the mouth of their pot, and all the rest were little ones.
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My best advice to anybody who has a child with a disability is to really find the tools for that person to thrive and find what their true passions are, because the rest will follow.
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I don't know if I'm selfless - I still want to make a great record. I want to make a hit record. I want to tour; that's not completely selfless. But the truth is I'm not interested in people coming to my show for me as much as I am for them coming to my show for themselves. That's always been how I am.
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I think I'd make a pretty good president, and they have a great pension plan.
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I have to remember for every kid saying something awful, there's a kid saying something great.
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My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.
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DeNiro did a good job playing a catcher in 'Bang the Drum Slowly,' but he's great in everything he does.
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There's very few people - like Shakespeare - who, no matter what, were gonna do what they did. For the rest of us, there's a lot of events that have to happen in order for things to end up the way they are.
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There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate.
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The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.
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It was a great time to grow up in Chicago. It was the mid-'80s, and we had the '85 Bears and the Michael Jordan era.
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Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
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In school I was in the dark room all the time, and I've always collected stray photographs; there's a great deal of memory in them.
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I am not here to beat anyone. I am here to make a name for myself, and I am glad to work with great directors. I don't believe in the term 'next superstar.'
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I was aware that everybody said I was going to be a vast mega-flop, and that William Hague was just oh-so intelligent, and oh such a great parliamentarian, and therefore so different from me! So I thought, I must deprive them of the satisfaction of proving themselves right.
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I have great admiration for the fact – checking team. Considering it takes me years to gather all the facts in my books, it's a daunting task for the fact – checkers to review all of that material in a matter of weeks.
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I don't claim any great experience or expertise.
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An ideal day for me is a combination of a fun-exciting creative moment with work partners, some laughs and games with my kids, a good surf session, and great conversation with friends around a meal.
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Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around it may be to keep it as simple as possible.
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It's good for America when the rest of the world grows, because you can sell more to the rest of the world.
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We were at this point of recognisability where we couldn't even walk around anymore... I was really socially anxious and strange.
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It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
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And God 'sits in the heavens and laughs' at the proud who pretend to be more than they are.
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Like strawberry wives, that laid two or three great strawberries at the mouth of their pot, and all the rest were little ones.
